Try this one...When the shades of night are falling,
Comes a fellow ev'ryone knows,
It's the old dope peddler,
Spreading joy wherever he goes.
Ev'ry evening you will find him,
Around our neighborhood.
It's the old dope peddler
Doing well by doing good.
He gives the kids free samples,
Because he knows full well
That today's young innocent faces
Will be tomorrow's clientele.
Here's a cure for all your troubles,
Here's an end to all distress.
It's the old dope peddler
With his powdered ha-happiness.I once got kicked out of an Airforce bar for having the piano player do this one...*LOL*
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
If you know from which song these lyrics come, you are too frigging old
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Valis
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TresHappy
The Old Dope Peddler - by Tom Lehrer - 1960 or abouts!
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Ravyn
Daddy-O
Daddy-Osure good looking Daddy-O Daddy-O
always cooking-Daddy-O Daddy-O
ready to go! all the girls love Daddy-O
Da-ad--dy-O
my sister and I hadthis and it was old when we were young...she just saw a 45 on eBay and she asked me if it was the same one---I don'tthink it was. I don't remember who sang it, but it was like a girl group and it was NOT country(which is what the one on eBay says it is). We used to always hope someday wewould hear it on Happy Days or something but we never have.
Ravyn
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TresHappy
Daddy O was recorded by The Fontane Sisters. Dad loved Perry Como. They were back up singers for Perry Como.
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nowisee
gee, i didn't know that one....
but in the 60's i was busy knockin on doors and stayin away from devil music.
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cruzanheart
Oooh, oooh! They played that in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"!!!! I . . . . can't remember who sang it. Dang. Okay, berylblue, I'll be hearing that ALLLLL night.
Nina
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Gadget
They played that in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"!!!!
Wet Wet Wet released it in the early 90s after they sung it for Four Weddings and a Funeral, and it was a big hit over here. I still much prefer the Troggs version even if I am too young to remember it comming out.
Gadget
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oldcrowwoman
I think it was written before my time!!!!!
OCW
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berylblue
Okay, try,
"Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend"
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Xena
"do it in the name of heaven you'll be justified in the end"
